Slide

v. i. [imp. SLID; p. p. SLID, SLIDDEN; p. pr. & vb. n. SLIDING.] [A-S. slidan, Goth. sliuthan, H. Ger. schlaudern.]

1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling: to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain’s side.
2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a glib, uninterrupted motion.

They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. Waller. 3. To pass inadvertently. Beware thou slide not by it. Ecclus. xxviii. 26. 4. To pass along smoothly, inadvertently, or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hinderance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water. Ages shall slide away without perceiving. Dryden. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. Pope. 5. To slip; to fall. Their foot shall slide in due time. Deut. xxxii. 35.

n. [A-S. slide.]

1. A smooth and easy passage.
2. One who, or that which, slides; a slider.
3. Flow; even course. [Obs.]
4. The descent of a detached mass of earth or rock down a declivity. Dana.
5. A place on the side of a hill or mountain down which timber is caused to descend; as, the slide of Alpnach, in Switzerland.
6. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. Dana.
7. (Mus.) A grace consisting of two small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
8. (Eng.) (a.) The same as GUIDE-BARS, q. v. (b.) A slide-valve. See SLIDE-VALVE.